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Adopting a knowledge-rich curriculum is only the beginning. What happens next?
Knowledge Matters Executive Director @mcglynn3 explores why thoughtful implementation is essential to building students’ knowledge and improving outcomes.
Read more: kristenmcquillan.substack.co…
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What does cognitive science tell us about reading fluency?
Join Kyair Butts, Melissa Orkin & Maryanne Wolf for Faster Fluency on Nov. 3 at 4:30 ET.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Strategy instruction matters. But strategies can’t replace what a student doesn’t know.
Building vocabulary + background knowledge strengthens reading, oral language AND learning across content areas.
🔗: harriettjanetos.substack.com…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
Vocabulary builds more than language. It builds knowledge!
Knowledge Matters Scientific Advisory Committee member Dr. @SoniaCabell shares how content-rich conversations strengthen vocabulary, knowledge, and comprehension.
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How we teach AND what we teach.
@natwexler Wexler offers a thoughtful caution on Sold a Story Season 2: Engelmann’s focus on instruction and Hirsch’s focus on knowledge are both essential.
We can’t leave knowledge out of the conversation.
nataliewexler.substack.com/p…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
🧠 What does cognitive science look like in the classroom?
Join Kyair Butts, Melissa Orkin and Maryanne Wolf for Faster Fluency!
📅 Nov. 3 | 4:30 PM ET
Explore how fluency supports learning and higher-order thinking.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
I'm hosting a new series, Lit Talk! I'll sit down with researchers I admire to dig into literacy questions educators wrestle with every day. First up, Oct 14: Dr. Matthew Kraft on instructional time, where it goes and how to make the most of it. Join us: share.inquired.org/4AJjiz9
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Want to know more about how Explicit Direct Instruction? Join me and Hannah Solomon in NYC on Oct 23 for a full day deep dive with... of course... lots of video!
teachlikeachampion.org/princ…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
Come for the Sandlot meme, stay for the argument about why “differentiation” so often misses the mark.
Same bar. Better support. More chances to get there.
New from Quill and the Classroom: The Differentiation Trap
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Curriculum Matters retweeted
🍂 Fall is officially here! Find a cozy spot, grab something warm, and catch up on Season 2 of the #HistoryMatters Podcast. Six episodes exploring how history builds knowledge and strengthens literacy.
🎧 Listen now: knowledgematters.org/history…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
Differentiation is a hot topic. But knowledge-building means keeping content rich while adjusting the support students need to access it. As knowledge, skill & confidence grow, scaffolds come down.
From @mcglynn3:
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Curriculum Matters retweeted
“Phonics is necessary but insufficient.”
England’s results reinforce a critical truth: reading comprehension depends on knowledge. History, science, literature, geography, art, and music build the knowledge and vocabulary that make comprehension possible. nationalreview.com/2026/09/w…
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🎥 Take a tour of more knowledge-building classrooms: knowledgematters.org/school-…
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What does a knowledge-building lesson actually look like?
We LOVE getting to peek inside classrooms, and this Substack from The Science of Reading Classroom does just that, breaking down the components and showing them in action.
📖 Read the Substack: scienceofreadingclassroom.su…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
“What good readers know” matters just as much as what good readers do.
@rpondiscio makes the case that reading comprehension is inseparable from background knowledge.
Knowledge builds comprehension. And knowledge compounds over time.
Read more: aei.org/research-products/re…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
We 👀 background knowledge explicitly included in the federal definition of the science of reading.
YES. 👏
Knowledge belongs in the science of reading conversation. Let’s make sure it stays there.
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Curriculum Matters retweeted
Sometimes the comprehension problem isn’t:
❌ “They forgot to identify the main idea.”
Sometimes it’s:
🤷 “I have absolutely no idea what any of this is about.”
Knowledge changes what you can read.
Free module:
thebestclass.org/knowledge-b…
Curriculum Matters retweeted
"We have spent decades teaching children what good readers do. Teachers must also understand and impart what good readers know. It is the work of a school—and ultimately of a school system."
My latest on "What Good Readers Know."
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Curriculum Matters retweeted
For decades we've taught children what good readers do and encouraged them to imitate those behaviors. But reading comprehension isn't about what good readers do. It's what they know.
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"Children who come to school with less knowledge understand less of what they encounter. That makes it harder to acquire new vocabulary and information....They grow poorer and fall further behind."
New from yours truly for @AEIeducation
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